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Post by fourlittlediamonds on May 16, 2018 17:45:27 GMT
This is interesting. Apparently if you hear the word "Yanny" your hearing is susceptible to high frequencies and if you hear "Laurel" it is low frequencies. Strangely my brother and I are in the same room but hear completely different things, I'm a squeaky "Yanny" and he's a low-pitched "Laurel", we've nearly come to blows over it!! (Actually, to be specific, I hear "Yammy"but I've always been an exceptionalist and I had relatives from Wolverhampton. (That's an in-joke if your're not from the West Midlands!)) www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-44136799
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Post by Horacewimp on May 16, 2018 19:01:38 GMT
I hear Laurel.
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Post by elophile on May 16, 2018 20:01:51 GMT
I hear yanny but Mr elophile can hear both. Without prompting or knowing what he was listening to he was like "I hear laurel. No, wait! There's something else... I hear hammy too."
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Post by Chippa on May 16, 2018 20:40:46 GMT
It's laurel. How the hell is anyone hearing yanny?
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Post by BSJ on May 16, 2018 21:10:12 GMT
Laurel.
In the remarks below someone wrote hearing loss of high frequency's causes you hearing Laurel.
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Post by unomusette on May 16, 2018 22:25:13 GMT
Laurel - I blame 40 years of gig-going for my jiggered hearing
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Post by eloneen on May 16, 2018 23:41:44 GMT
Absolutely "yanny." This is cool!
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Post by vlogdance on May 17, 2018 11:57:15 GMT
Laurel.
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Post by queenofthehours on May 17, 2018 17:18:12 GMT
I hear laurel.
But what even is a "yanny"? Sounds rude.
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Post by eloneen on May 17, 2018 17:24:31 GMT
I hear laurel.
But what even is a "yanny"? Sounds rude. Maybe it could be a term used to described a young looking granny? I have a cousin who is in her early 70s and is a grandmother; she doesn't look older than most women in their 50s. She could be a yanny.
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Post by orioles70 on May 17, 2018 17:36:35 GMT
I hear Laurel, but my 20 year old daughter hears "yammy". Thought it might be a pitch thing, but she says "yammy" is in a low pitch and I hear "laurel" in a low pitch. when I scroll down in the comments on that site, there is a person who separates the sounds by frequency - I can hear both, but when whole mix plays - yammy disappears into the mix while laurel remains quite clear
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Post by Chippa on May 17, 2018 20:44:28 GMT
A 24 year old kid who works with me, hears "yanny", too. Must be his delicate young ears. lol
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Post by BSJ on May 17, 2018 21:26:51 GMT
and I bet he has great eyesight too!
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Post by eloneen on May 17, 2018 21:35:32 GMT
In that section below where they play three versions of it (in Dylan Bennett's tweet), I just hear "yanny" on both of the ones on the left, and "laurel" only on the right. Very interesting!
Hubby heard "yanny," too. I 'll have to run all of this by the rest of the household and see what they say.
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Post by Horacewimp on May 18, 2018 7:34:24 GMT
Mrs Wimp hears "yanny" and daughter number one "laurel"
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